Re: mv problem
Hm, I don't see that here: #mv abc Abc mv: cannot move `abc' to a subdirectory of itself, `Abc/abc' What version of Cygwin and mv are you using? What does the directory structure of abc look like? As you can see, you cannot rename file differing only by case. This is a Windowsism. Sorry. Complain to Bill if you don't like it! ;-) You'll need to do this as a two step process (i.e. move 'abc' to a different name temporarily and then move it to 'Abc'). I can't say why you got the result you did however. Hi, I'm using cygwin version 1.3.10 with all updated packages. mv --version reports : mv (fileutils) 4.1 (cygcheck reports exactly fileutils 4.1-1) This is reproductible with every directory. Steps I follow : mkdir mydir mv mydir MyDir (or Mydir, mydiR). ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: mv problem
Larry, On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:51:45AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: As you can see, you cannot rename file differing only by case. This is a Windowsism. Sorry. Complain to Bill if you don't like it! ;-) You'll need to do this as a two step process (i.e. move 'abc' to a different name temporarily and then move it to 'Abc'). The above is not true: C:\dir [snip] 05/03/2002 08:48a DIR bar 05/03/2002 08:47a 0 foo ... C:\ren bar BAR ren bar BAR C:\ren foo FOO ren foo FOO C:\dir [snip] 05/03/2002 08:48a DIR BAR 05/03/2002 08:47a 0 FOO Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: mv problem
At 09:05 AM 5/3/2002, Jason Tishler wrote: Larry, On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:51:45AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: As you can see, you cannot rename file differing only by case. This is a Windowsism. Sorry. Complain to Bill if you don't like it! ;-) You'll need to do this as a two step process (i.e. move 'abc' to a different name temporarily and then move it to 'Abc'). The above is not true: C:\dir [snip] 05/03/2002 08:48a DIR bar 05/03/2002 08:47a 0 foo ... C:\ren bar BAR ren bar BAR C:\ren foo FOO ren foo FOO C:\dir [snip] 05/03/2002 08:48a DIR BAR 05/03/2002 08:47a 0 FOO Well, if you mean that the issue is not, strictly speaking, a Windows issue, there's some validity to that statement. Given all the history of mv functionality, I personally hesitate to suggest that there's a patch to mv that will make this possible without breaking something else that's important for mv in Cygwin/Windows (though I don't discourage others from trying if they are so inclined). It is Windows, in general, that enforces case-insensitivity of it's file systems though, which doesn't help. Of course, you've also pointed out that there is an alternative to mv in DOS-land that allows this operation to be done in one step, for those that prefer such a thing! ;-) Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
mv problem
Hi all, I got a problem when running mv : i have the directory abc and want to rename it as Abc (or something that changes the capitalisation only). I get the following result : $ mv abc Abc mv: cannot create directory `Abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc/abc /abc/abc/abc/abc/abc': Invalid argument ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
